TFTD: August 3rd

Today’s the day when in 1861 the last episode of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was published. The famous story of Pip, a poor orphan, who believes he will inherit a great fortune, had been serialised in a magazine and readers eagerly purchased the final instalment to discover how the story ends. Many people today have great expectations of what lies ahead for them in life. Some are more realistic than others! But no one has such great expectations as a Christian who believes that a wonderful heaven awaits them after their life in this world. These words from Revelation 21 describe that great expectation:

Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people and he will dwell with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear form their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.